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An American AI lab has re-educated Qwen3.8-27B, a popular open-weight large language model from Alibaba, so the software forgets its Chinese ancestry. Nous Research, an Austin, Texas-based AI lab, has subjected the model to re-education through training, not to be confused with China's "Re-education Through Labor" system. With the help of a post-training process, Qwen3.8-27B has been reborn under the name Arete "to reinforce Western values on a Chinese-trained model." What qualifies as a "Western value" remains open to interpretation. "Open-weight Chinese models are among the strongest available, but they ship with state-aligned behavior baked into the weights," Nous Research wrote in a blog post. Your correspondent tested this with a variant model, Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-6bit, locally. Asked about events during 1989 in Tiananmen Square, the model either refused to discuss the topic or provided euphemistic response. What's perhaps more surprising is that Anthropic claims operators affiliated with Alibaba's Qwen lab used outputs from its Claude models to train competing AI models via distillation. Nous Research, maker of the Hermes Agent, cites that sort of censorship as a risk for users of AI models trained in China. The concern comes amid broader scrutiny of Chinese influence in the tech industry, heightened by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation following controversy involving a woman US intelligence has accused of spying for China. Nous says the risk posed by Chinese-made AI models go beyond promoting Beijing's worldview. Some Middle Kingdom models have been found to produce more vulnerable code under certain conditions, according to a study by Booz Allen Hamilton, which does a lot of business with the US government. Hirundo, a vendor which says it is building "the first Machine Unlearning Platform to ensure that AI models only know what they should," makes the same argument. The company also notes that its efforts to apply "unlearning" to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B saw a dramatic drop in output that reflects Communist Party of China's preferred censorship, propaganda messaging, or bias. 89.8 percent of the model's output reflected those values before unlearning reduced the incidence to 2.8 percent. Nous Research did not achieve such dramatic results, but did see an overall reduction in viewpoints deemed to be propaganda. "On our evaluation, Arete-27B raised its fact score from 2.32 to 2.98 out of 5 and cut answers containing propaganda from 22 percent to 1 percent, in line with the Western models we tested," the company said. To handle Arete's unlearning, Nous Research says it briefly considered Nvidia's Nemotron 3 Ultra, "but had found evidence that it too had a checkered record on China-related topics." "We don't know definitively, but theorize that the bias imparted to Nemotron came from working with Chinese open models during the training process," the company said. "We have experienced similar contamination, because the vast majority of high quality open models are Chinese, and only open models have terms of use that permit this kind of tinkering and experimentation." In the end, the biz tapped Inkling, an open weight model from US-based Thinking Machines Lab, to act as the teaching model. Nous Research says its model re-education efforts show that the propaganda layer is shallow and, with 50 million tokens worth of supervised learning, is relatively easy to remove. ®

Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom reveal today their final and historic 20th class they will induct into the California Hall of Fame. Remarkable in both its size and achievements, this class reflects the values of creativity, innovation, and advocacy that the California Hall of Fame has represented for the last two decades. 

“For 20 years, the California Hall of Fame has celebrated the extraordinary people who make this state what it is, said Governor Gavin Newsom. This historic class reflects the very best of California and what’s possible when people have the courage to think big and make a difference. Their legacy will inspire the next generation to keep pushing boundaries and showing the world what Californians can do.”

This December, the honorees will be formally enshrined during a ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento, recognizing the lasting impact of their contributions and the ways they have shaped California and the world.

Visit this link for the full list and more details about this incredible honor.

The post Shepard Fairey Announced as an Inductee in the California Hall of Fame’s 20th Class appeared first on Obey Giant.

Huang’s resignation has sent shockwaves through the AI industry, after revelations of extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese spy

• Full report: Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO

• Analysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he’s gone, will Nvidia’s ramparts be breached?

The hunt is on for a new Nvidia CEO after the company head and co-founder, Jensen Huang, resigned amid multiple allegations of extramarital affairs, including one that involved an alleged Chinese spy and two with company employees.

Nvidia immediately named Colette Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, as the interim CEO. It’s possible she could stay on permanently, but the company could also name another candidate for the full-time role.

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The Ballon d’Or validated the forward’s career and he extended his incredible record for England with yet another goal on his 126th appearance

Happy Harry Kane day! And many happy Harry returns. There is a process in clinical psychology known as semantic satiation. Subjects are asked to repeat a word or phrase so many times that it loses any kind of meaning. Suddenly “daffodils” is just an absurd, empty set of sounds. So it was in the buildup to Harry Kane’s record-breaking 126th cap, at the end of Harry Kane Ballon d’Or fortnight, as Harry Kane’s England were led out by top scorer Harry Kane, climax to a week of Harry Kane tributes, Harry Kane montages, 26-page Harry Kane … wait. Where were we?

This was that kind of occasion from start to finish, a night where you expected to look up from your desk mid-match to see Kane’s head looming helpfully over your shoulder, to enter the Wembley toilets at half-time and find him silently offering you a breath mint and a scented tissue.

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Hidden bunker, entered via a hatch in a field, controlled a gun battery used to attack German ships in Channel

It has been kept secret for decades, buried four metres deep into the white cliffs of Dover. But from Friday, members of the public will finally be able to visit a pioneering command bunker that was ordered by Winston Churchill and proved a vital defence during the second world war.

The Fan Bay plotting room, which is encased in concrete, housed the first land-based computer-aided targeting system. This acted as a “brain” for a gun battery that was used to defend Dover and attack German ships in the Channel, according to Jon Stewart, who led the excavation project for the National Trust.

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Just like an Italian piazza, this garden has grown a community. The founder behind an community garden in suburban Adelaide is celebrating a legacy that has grown far beyond the garden beds.

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A curving path runs through mossy trees and blue hydrangeas in the grounds of Seiryu-ji, Aomori, Japan. July 2026.

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Nintendo has issued four DMCA takedown notices targeting two Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Citron Neo, along with mod chip firmware such as Picofly, SX Core and HWFLY. As a result, 144 repositories containing firmware used to circumvent the console's copy protections have been removed by GitHub and replaced by a DMCA takedown notice. IGN reports: GitHub has posted Nintendo's November 6 DMCA notice, which says, "The Nintendo Switch console and video games contain technological protection measures ('TPMs') that permit the Nintendo Switch console to interact only with legitimate Nintendo video game files. This process protects Nintendo's copyright-protected video games, (...) by preventing users from playing pirated copies of Nintendo's video games on the Nintendo Switch console and by preventing users from unlawfully copying and playing Nintendo's video games on unauthorized devices."

However, while this takedown has effectively wiped out a ton of repositories with mod chip firmware, it seems like it's still being hosted elsewhere on the site, according to TorrentFreak. It's possible, though, that Nintendo isn't finished yet; back in 2024, Nintendo effectively took down 8,500 copies of Yuzu by issuing a takedown that targeted 12 different mirrors of the emulator. This particular takedown also comes a few days after emulators were able to run the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on PC, so this could be a sign that Nintendo is winding up its lawyers to crack down on emulation once again.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 13-11-2026 01:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 7.8°C · Gedeeltelijk bewolkt ☁️ | Min 7.7°C / Max 10.4°C | Kans op neerslag 6%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 7.7°C, Max 10.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1013.2 hPa ↗️ +5.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 7.8°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1007.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 332°
• 03:00: 8.2°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1007.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 326°
• 04:00: 8.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 326°
• 05:00: 8.0°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1008.6 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↘ 335°
• 06:00: 8.0°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 331°
• 07:00: 8.0°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1010.0 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 324°
• 08:00: 8.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1010.9 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°
• 09:00: 8.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, 🧭 1011.8 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 293°
• 10:00: 9.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1012.3 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↘ 300°
• 11:00: 9.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1012.9 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 309°
• 12:00: 10.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 9%, 🧭 1013.7 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 317°
• 13:00: 10.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1014.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 316°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 14 november: Min 4.3°C, Max 8.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ↗️ +3.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 178°
• zondag 15 november: Min 3.7°C, Max 11.0°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 4.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 31%, 🧭 1000.7 hPa ↘️ -16.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 27.6 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• maandag 16 november: Min 5.3°C, Max 9.0°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 53%, 🧭 996.6 hPa ↘️ -4.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.8 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: → 251°
• dinsdag 17 november: Min 2.3°C, Max 6.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 42%, 🧭 988.0 hPa ↘️ -8.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.8 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 89°
• woensdag 18 november: Min 2.5°C, Max 8.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 994.6 hPa ↗️ +6.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.4 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: → 263°
• donderdag 19 november: Min 3.6°C, Max 8.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 39%, 🧭 999.5 hPa ↗️ +4.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.8 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: → 255°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 7.8°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 4.2°C (-3.6°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 326°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 20.5 km/h (5.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 67%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1007.4 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:58 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 16:54

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 60 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 3.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 13.1 μg/m³

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